Chapter Forty
Luo Shixin waited for a long time, but was a little impatient. He was about to urge him, but he saw that the suspension bridge fell slowly.
The thick red lacquered door of Shuofang actually opened slowly.
"This..." Luo Shixin was a little stunned and thought to himself: "Master Liang is not crazy and wants to go out of the city to meet me face to face? If he really has the courage, should I stab my gun or not?"
At this moment, he walked out with a tray in his hands, and there was a black thing on it. With Luo Shixin's eyes, it was not difficult to see that it was a human head.
Could it be???
Luo Shixin had a thought in his heart and looked up. Sure enough, the Liang Kingdom flag on the city wall had been removed, and a white flag was hung from the city tower.
The white flag of this era did not mean surrender, nor did it mean to surrender and hang the flag. However, as early as ancient times, there was an unwritten custom. In order to express the sincerity of negotiations to the other party, the two sides of the battle usually used white as a symbol, so they gradually formed a habit: the white flag indicates a request for a truce negotiation. When the fighting party took out the white flag, the other party knew the purpose of the coming and needed to order to stop any offensive action. The party holding the white flag should send an envoy, trumpeter, flag bearer and translator to the other party's military camp to explain the negotiation and express their intention. During the time necessary for the envoy to display the white flag and rise until it returns to the party, no harm to the envoy shall be caused to the envoy. This is also the agreement of "two armies are in war, and the envoy will not be killed."
Of course, whether to kill or not depends on the other party's wishes. In history, there are many people who pretend to send envoys to negotiate. However, behind the scenes, they suddenly attacked or agreed to negotiate with the envoys, and then broke the contract and launched an attack. However, the party who took the lead in raising the flag undoubtedly had the intention of showing goodwill.
Luo Shixin put the entire army on guard and did not relax according to the current situation, but did not refuse the party's actions, wanting to confirm what the other party was selling in this gourd.
The general who came to the country was a strong man from the north. He was majestic and mighty and had a bit of the style of a grassland man. He came step by step. When he was still fifty meters away from Luo Shixin, he stopped and knelt on one knee and said, "The last general Xin Liaoer. He was persuaded by the governor of Xia Liu Min and Sima Liu Lan, and he had already secretly joined our Tang Dynasty. Today, the general Shenwei Pojun and lured Liang Shi out of the palace. We have the opportunity to capture and kill Liang Shi. Liang Luoren, the general of Liang Shi, is unwilling to join forces with Liang Shi, and is willing to offer Shuo Fang, hoping that the general can be lenient."
The so-called Xiazhou is Shuofang. The Li Tang changed the two-level system of counties to the two-level system of prefectures and counties, abolished the title of Shuofang County in the Sui Dynasty and changed it to Xiazhou. The chief secretary Liu Min and Sima Liu Lan were two talents who Li Shimin specially dispatched to deal with Liang Shidu. One of them was responsible for the separation of the Liang Kingdom, and the other was responsible for using force to destroy the fields and cut off the prospects of Shuofang.
These are all secret matters. Luo Shixin, as the governor of Gyeongju, knows a little about this.
This Xin Liaoer was able to hand over Liu Min and Liu Lan's name with no word, and said that their identity should be true.
Luo Shixin asked Xin Liao'er to get up and talk.
Xin Liao'er came nearby, and Luo Shixin looked at the head with blood and fever, and could not determine whether it was Liang Shidu. After all, he had never seen Master Liang before. He looked at Xi Jun behind him and asked him to go forward to confirm the identity of the head.
Xi Junmai's eyes had already stared at the head that had appeared in his dream thousands of times. He swallowed nervously and slowly walked forward with complex emotions.
Seeing the head of the enemy who was dreaming of tearing him to pieces in front of him, the tears in Xi Junmai's eyes couldn't help but roll down, "It's this old thief, even if he turned into ashes, I won't admit his mistake."
"What happened to Shuofang?" Luo Shixin finally confirmed that everything that happened in front of him was real, and it was not a conspiracy. But he asked Liang Shidu to come out purely to disgust him. When the people ridiculed him and scolded him, he told him directly that Xiazhou Shuofang was the back garden of their Tang Dynasty. He wanted to leave as soon as he wanted to come, so that he could be more obedient and tactful in the future. Seeing the troops he returned from hunting, he had to give up his way and retreat. Of course, there was still some strategic significance behind this purity. He saw that Shuofang's soldiers had no fighting spirit and were pitiful with morale. The only explanation was that the Tang Dynasty's conspiracy and conspiracy had achieved good results. His ridicule made Liang Shidu lose face, and made the Shuofang army realize that the so-called Emperor Daliang was nothing, a waste material that everyone could deceive.
Such an already unstable morale in the army, and the Liang army, which was originally unpopular, were even more in a difficult situation.
The enemy's life is not easy, the better his life will be.
Luo Shixin has always been a choice for the enemy, to add to the insult and beat the dogs to the water.
With such a simple reason, why did it inexplicably happen that Liang Shi was killed and Liang Luoren surrendered in the city?
After hearing Xin Liao'er's detailed explanation, Luo Shixin understood.
It turned out that Li Shimin had always had the idea of not killing Shuofang without bloodshed. However, because Liang Shishi was too obsessed with power, he was reluctant to let go of the "status of thousands of people" in his hand, and rejected Li Shimin's proposal many times. Li Shimin also asked the chief Liu Min and Sima Liu Lan to open up a series of conspiracies. Because Li Tang used the moves too sharp, Shuofang had no way to deal with them. He could only be attacked and resisted passively for more than a year, and he was almost unable to hold on. All the food and grass economy had a serious problem, and there was still suspicion and speculation within.
Even those who are short-sighted realize that they can’t breathe even if they continue like this, and almost no one is optimistic about the future of Liang Shidu.
The so-called leaving and choosing wood to rest refers to this time.
Li Zhengbao, Xin Liao'er, Zhao Feiyang, Niu Tong, and other generals under Liang Shidu became unfair and planned to find a way out for themselves.
At this time, the chief Liu Min also keenly noticed the intentions of the four people and tied the line with them.
Not long ago, Liu Min saw that the time, place and people were in harmony, so he decided to take a big attack and directly use the convenience of Li Zhengbao, the third-person figure of the Shuofang army, to capture Liang Shi, and use the internal method of defeating Shuofang without bloodshed.
However, when the plan was implemented, an unestimated accident occurred, so that Li Zhengbao's identity was exposed, and he was in danger.
Xin Liao'er, Zhao Feiyang, and Niu Tong quietly used their power to hide Li Zheng's treasure, and cooperated with Liu Min's underground forces in Shuofang to send him out of Shuofang.
Xin Liao'er, Zhao Feiyang, Niu Tong thought he was a god and a ghost, but in fact, Liang Luoren followed the clues and had already noticed their existence, but he had not said it out loud. At that time, when he was already persuading Liang Shidu to kill the nine clans of Li Zhengbao, he was rejected by Liang Shidu and cut off his power, and even used disgraceful means to erode his power.
All of them have reached this level of internal and external troubles, Master Liang still uses this trick, which completely makes Liang Luoren feel desperate. He decided not to continue crazy with Master Liang, intending to keep the blood of the Liang family and protect his wife, children and mother, so as not to be implicated because of him.
Xin Liao'er, Zhao Feiyang, Niu Tong have been waiting for the opportunity...
Liang Luoren has been waiting for the opportunity, and his situation is even more sad than the first three. He has to deal with Liang Shidu, and also gain the trust of Xin Liaoer, Zhao Feiyang and Niu Tong, cooperate and make contributions to share the credit.
Luo Shixin's unexpected attack, unexpectedly approached the city, and unexpectedly wanted to see Liang Shidu, and immediately gave Liang Luoren the opportunity. He found Xin Liaoer, Zhao Feiyang and Niu Tong, and completed the ambush on Liang Shidu together, captured him, and offered Luo Shixin the city.
Luo Shixin heard the cause and effect of this responsibility and was dizzy. He finally figured out the idea and figured out the reason: To sum it up, he got the bargain.
Liu Min and Liu Lan made great efforts in conspiracy and tricks, which was not as good as his army at the city.
As soon as his army arrived, Shuofang surrendered for various reasons, and he occupied all the credit.
But at this point, he couldn't turn around and leave. If Li Shimin knew that Shuofang had given up, he would give up like this, and wouldn't he pull his skin off?
There was no hesitation here, and Luo Shixin shouted: "Enter the city!"
When he arrived at the city, Liang Luoren knelt on the ground in a white coat, carrying the jade seal and military talisman token of the Daliang Kingdom together.
Luo Shixin dismounted and accepted it, leading his troops to Shuofang City.
This majestic ancient military city is majestic outside but in the interior. The streets are full of people with bones, and they are all wriggling like zombies on TV, walking in the same direction. This Shuofang is located in the north, and the people in the north are famous for their burly and tall ears, but the people in front of them are all thin as skinny, with dull eyes and weak limbs. They are indifferent to their arrival, and their spirits are extremely poor, which is really shocking.
Luo Shixin couldn't help but sigh that the Tang Dynasty's plan to cut off food and destroy land was indeed clever, but it was too cruel. However, if it weren't for this, it would be unlikely that the Shuofang army would be easy. It was just a miserable one, after all, these innocent people. If Liang Luoren, Xin Liaoer, Zhao Feiyang, and Niu Tong, who have certain identities, wouldn't they be hungry at all?
After walking for a while, Luo Shixin couldn't stand it and asked, "Where are these people going?"
Liang Luoren said bitterly: "Go to the city to get today's food... Because... the grain shortage of food, Liang took all the food and distributed it to the people at regular intervals every day to make a living."
Luo Shixin said bluntly: "What is the reason for making a living, it's just to ensure that they don't die!"
Liang Luoren was speechless, he was talking about the facts.
Luo Shixin continued: "How much food do you have in Shuofang?" (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
Chapter completed!